For the past few days we have been in Galway.  We have seen the Cliffs of Moher, took a boat ride out to Inishmore (the largest of the Aran Islands), Visited the Athenry Heritage center and had an archery contest and last evening we took in a Rugby match. Tomorrow we are off to Northen Ireland and we will be trading in our Euros for British Pounds.

 Some of the group at the Rugby Match

 The whole group at Inch Beach on the Dingle peninsula

The group at the Athenry Heritage Center

Just checking in.  For the last couple days we have been heading south to the SE corner of Ireland and stayed in Cobh. We are now traveling west to Tralee.  Some of the locations we have have traveled are the Rock of Cashel, Blarney Castle (Many of us kissed the Blarney Stone) . We also visited the last port of the RMS Titanic and took a horse carriage ride through Killarney National Park.

Many of the Group at the Rock of Cashel.

Standing in line to kiss the Blarney Stone.

Horse Carriage through Killarney

We arrived in Dublin after a very long day/night and just completed our first full day of touring. We have taken a bus tour of the city as well as visited Dublin Castle and the Guiness Brewery.  Tomorrow it's on to Cobh with a stop at Glendalough and the Rock of Cashel. Below is a group picture at Dublin Castle.

Hey all,

 Welcome to the Ireland 2014 Blog.  We will be posting updates and photos from the course as we travel. We depart Elmira on April 21st and will return on May 15th.